Expert Witness Legal News – page 17

Jailed Southport teenager Stewart Rimmer jokes about gun crime on Facebook

A Jailed teenager who was linked to a wave of shootings across the city has used his Facebook account to boast about gun shootings.

Stewart Rimmer was 16 when he fired a machine pistol at a Huyton home where children were playing.

Rimmer, of Kirklees Road in Southport, was jailed indefinitely at Liverpool Crown Court last year after the 17-year-old admitted possessing firearms, possessing a weapon while committing an offence and possessing ammunition.

'Cold case' unit to be set up to tackle unsolved crimes

A special "cold case" unit is to be set up to tackle Scotland's unsolved murders and other serious crimes.

Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland said the specialist unit would review unsolved cases to identify those which merit a fresh investigation.

New forensic techniques, including DNA, improved ballistics and fingerprint databases will be used.

Mr Mullholland said: "Justice will pursue down the years those who have so far evaded detection for their crimes."

DNA database to be used in Air France crash investigation

French authorities will utilise a Brazilian DNA database to aid with the identification of recently recovered bodies from the wreckage of Air France flight 447.

The news came on Wednesday from the affected families’ spokesman Nelson Marinho, whose son was among the 228 people that perished in the Atlantic went the flight went down in bad weather two years ago just hours after departing from Rio de Janeiro.

LulzSec hacker attacks 'deeply worrying', says police chief

Sir Paul Stephenson describes arrest of 19-year-old Ryan Cleary as 'very significant'

Britain's top policeman has described online attacks by the computer hacking group LulzSec as "extraordinarily significant and deeply worrying" following the arrest of an Essex teenager believed to have been a "significant" figure in the escalating cyberwar.

Immunity of expert witnesses from civil actions ended by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has abolished the immunity of expert witnesses from civil actions relating to the evidence they give in court.Experts have enjoyed this immunity for over 400 years.

Absolute privilege will still protect experts from libel actions and general immunity will be retained by all other witnesses.